[lam-pree] 
| any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood. |
| lam·per eel (lām'pər) n. See lamprey. [Alteration of lamprey.] |
| lam·prey (lām'prē) n. pl. lam·preys Any of various primitive elongated freshwater or anadromous fishes of the family Petromyzontidae, characteristically having a jawless sucking mouth with rasping teeth. Also called lamper eel. [Middle English lamprei, from Old French lampreie, from Medieval Latin lamprēda.] |